If you wish to upload specific messages from your old/local Inbox into your new ACS Inbox (so they will be available from elsewhere) you can do that simply by dragging them. You should be all set once you have set that up. BU's IMAP server is acs-imap.bu.edu and you should use that with SSL (port 993).ġ1. Now that your POP account has been disabled, you can go ahead and set up your new IMAP account. (If you were prompted for a password, please repeat the steps above to make sure you did them correctly.)ġ0. If you are prompted for a password (you shouldn't be) don't give it - instead click on Cancel. Next, choose File-Exit to quit out of Thunderbird.ĩ. Click on View Saved Passwords and remove the password associated with the POP Account. Next, go to Tools-Options and click on the Security tab (called Privacy in previous versions). Deselect the options to Check for new messages at startup and Check for new messages every X minutes. NOTE: If you find only an IMAP account (acs-imap.bu.edu) and not one using POP (acs-pop.bu.edu) then you might be all set and should not make any changes.Ĥ. Make sure the POP account is the one you have selected to work on and click on Server Settings. Choose from the menu Tools->Account Settingsģ. General instructions for use with any mail programĢ.

configure your mail client to read via IMAP.

deactivate the POP account (while still keeping it as an archive of previous messages) and.

Instead, carefully follow these instructions to: Note, however, that you should not delete the current/POP Account in your mail program! If you do, it could make things more complicated by removing access to your existing local messages. If you have configured any desktop mail clients to use POP, you will need to change that setting, as described below. If you have configured a mobile device to read email via the POP mail protocol, you should disable that account in the device and set it up again, using the instructions for the device and the settings outlined at Switch from POP to IMAP in your desktop mail clients Switch from POP to IMAP in your mobile device settings Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) to use POP in order to download mail from BU, you should remove the acs-pop setting using the interface provided by the service. If you have configured a non-BU web-based mail service (e.g.

Discontinue POP use in web-based mail services such as Gmail Please follow the applicable instructions below to. If you have been referred to this page, it likely means that you are using POP in one or more of your email clients, and you need to switch to IMAP.

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